Excessive daytime sleepiness works together with other sleep disorders in determining sleepiness-related events in shift workers

Francesco Fanfulla; Mario Grassi; Paola Marandola; Giuseppe Taino; Paola Fulgoni; Marcello Imbriani

Excessive daytime sleepiness works together with other sleep disorders in determining sleepiness-related events in shift workers

Francesco Fanfulla, Mario Grassi, Paola Marandola, Giuseppe Taino, Paola Fulgoni, Marcello Imbriani

Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri Spa – Società Benefit

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Background: Shift-workers may experience sleep disturbances more frequently than day-workers. Interactions between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), shift-work and other factors promoting sleepiness have never been studied. The present study was designed to assess the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), high risk for OSA (HR) and insomnia in shift-workers and day-workers and to evaluate their mutual effects on the risk of home-to-work commuting car accidents or episodes of falling asleep during work. Methods. Workers (153 shift-workers, 85 day-workers) were evaluated for the presence of sleep disorders including HR and EDS. The relationships between sleepiness-related events, shift-work and sleep disorders were investigated by path analysis. Results. Forty-nine subjects had HR. EDS was more frequent in shift-workers than in day-workers (16.3% vs. 5.9%, P=0.01) and in workers with HR (28.6% vs. 8.4%, P

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	151-156
Number of pages	6
Journal	Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia
Volume	35
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Occupational
Path analysis
Sleep apnea
Sleep disorders
Sleepiness
Sleepiness and road accidents

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Fanfulla, F., Grassi, M., Marandola, P., Taino, G., Fulgoni, P., & Imbriani, M. (2013). Excessive daytime sleepiness works together with other sleep disorders in determining sleepiness-related events in shift workers. Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, 35(3), 151-156.

Excessive daytime sleepiness works together with other sleep disorders in determining sleepiness-related events in shift workers. / Fanfulla, Francesco; Grassi, Mario; Marandola, Paola; Taino, Giuseppe; Fulgoni, Paola; Imbriani, Marcello.

In: Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia, Vol. 35, No. 3, 07.2013, p. 151-156.

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